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Insect Close-Ups

Psychology professor David Yager of the University of Maryland has focused his research on the evolution of hearing. In the course of this work, he has produced extraordinary, close-up portraits of a variety of insects. His image of a Cuban cockroach recently won second place for photography in the National Science Foundation’s annual Science and […]

Health & Medicine

Prep Work: Bird-flu vaccine might work better with primer

Giving people a vaccine against an existing form of avian influenza might help them respond better when given a shot for a future strain of the virus during a pandemic.

Astronomy

Assault on Andromeda: Nearby galaxy had recent collision

New findings suggest that a small galaxy recently plunged into Andromeda, opening a new window on collisions that are rare today but were common in the early universe.